A Poor Wise Man
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who enjoy early twentieth-century American popular fiction and domestic narrative
- Literature enthusiasts interested in class conflict during the industrial age
- Teachers and students who need a public-domain English novel as course supplementary material
- Readers of traditional fiction who prefer clear plots and well-defined character relationships
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer fast-paced modern suspense with strong twist structures
- Social science readers seeking in-depth theoretical analysis of labor movements
- Beginners whose English reading is not yet proficient and who are easily discouraged by older narrative styles
Reading tips
- Map the main characters and their social positions first, then enter the conflict plot; reading will be clearer.
- Note the contrast between "poor" and "wise" in the title and consider the author's evaluation of the characters' choices.
- Consult background materials on early twentieth-century American industrialization to understand the social context of the conflict.
- If used in class, select key chapters of class confrontation as small-group discussion material.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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About the author
Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958) was an American author known for her detective fiction and humorous sketches. The library holds 29 of her works, including The Circular Staircase, The Man in Lower Ten, A Poor Wise Man, The After House, Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions, Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front, Tenting To-night, and The Confession. Her detective novels often unfold through female narrators and build suspense from everyday details, creating tension without losing a sense of humor; they have influenced later mystery and detective writing. Public information is limited, so no biographical details are conjectured here, and readers may come to know her narrative style and themes through the works listed above.
